Louis XV Decorative Objects
LOUIS XV STYLE
The style of 18th-century French furniture was guided by the court. When Louis XV, who reigned from 1715–74, focused royal life on the smaller salons of Versailles rather than its grand chambers, it transformed the aesthetics away from the imposing and angular furniture that characterized the style of Louis XIV. A broader focus on comfort and more delicate forms define antique Louis XV furniture, with nature-inspired carvings, wood inlays, curved cabriole legs, asymmetrical shapes and rounded oval seat backs. The furnishings changed throughout the king’s life, as he ascended to the throne as a child and then grew to establish his own tastes.
Pieces like the bergère, an upholstered armchair with a wide cushion that fit the flowing dresses in fashion at the time, reflected this more informal court. Introduced at the start of Louis XV’s reign, bergère chairs in this style were deeper and broader than other chairs of the period.
Louis XV tapestries and carpets tended to be floral and colorful, and design elements were borrowed from Asia. Dutch-born cabinetmaker Bernard van Risenburgh brought lacquer techniques influenced by Japan and China into his luxuriously made furniture. Along with its fine details, the furniture of the era also featured new innovations including mechanical devices. Jean François Oeben, a royal cabinetmaker, created such intricate pieces as a mechanical table for Madame de Pompadour, Louis XV’s mistress. It involved a sliding top and a writing surface that extended from its marquetry panels.
During the later years of Louis XV’s reign, there was a shift from the ostentatious rocaille style, part of the exuberantly decorative Rococo movement in Europe for which designers such as Nicolas Pineau and Juste-Aurèle Meissonier are known. The style under Louis XVI would return to boxier forms, but with a neoclassical touch inspired by the ancient world.
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Style: Louis XV
Pair of French Brass Figural and Floral Candlesticks, Circa 1770
Located in Hollywood, SC
Pair of French brass two-arm figural candlesticks with ladies holding fruit baskets, scrolled floral arms, decorative floral medallions, original removable bobeches, and resting on s...
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1770s French Antique Louis XV Decorative Objects
French 19th Century Gilt Bronze and Pink Porcelain Carriage Clock
Located in London, GB
A carriage clock in the Louis XV manner
The ornate and shaped gilt bronze case having putti at the angles, surmounted by two winged putti, one proffering a laurel wreath; dressed ...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Decorative Objects
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Bronze
Pair of Bronze Cherubs on Marble Bases
Located in London, by appointment only
A fine pair of mid-18th century French bronze cherubs standing contrapposto, one playing an instrument and the other holding a knife opening a oyster shell. Both standing besides tre...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Louis XV Decorative Objects
Pair of Louis XV Style Repoussé Copper Candlesticks, France, circa 1850s
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Unusual faux pair of large repoussé copper candlesticks in the style of Louis XV.
Dimensions provided below are for the taller candlestick. The smaller one measures (in centimeter...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XV Decorative Objects
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Copper
Louis XV Period Gilded Barometer with Thermometer
Located in Pembroke, MA
An elegant French gilded wood barometer with thermometer (period Louis XV, Circa 1760). Barometer has been fitted with a new mercury tube, ...
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18th Century and Earlier French Antique Louis XV Decorative Objects
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Giltwood, Glass
A Louis XV Ormolu mounted Tulipwood, Kingwood & Parquetry Collectors Cabinet
By Jean-François Oeben
Located in Sheffield, MA
A Fine Louis XV Ormolu mounted Tulipwood, Kingwood & Parquetry Collectors Cabinet
Mid 18th Century
Attributed to Jean-François Oeben
The shaped marble top over a shaped cabinet with tulipwood, kingwood & parquetry throughout, with tambour shutters revealing a re-fitted interior with 6 graduating drawers, all over four cariole legs ending in gilt bronze sabots.
Height 41 in. Width 38 in. Depth 20 in.
Jean-François Oeben, ébéniste du roi in 1754 and maître in circa 1761.
Jean-François Oeben was a sub-tenant of charles-joseph boulle (1688–1751) in the galleries of the louvre from 1751, and in 1754 was granted lodgings at the gobelins and then at the arsenal in 1756. he was appointed ebéniste du roi in 1754 and was therefore able to work outside guild restrictions. he was a protégé of the marquise de pompadour, the marquis de marigny and the duc de choiseul. his identifiable works span less than ten years. his earliest pieces are in the louis xv style (e.g. small table, 1756–8; munich, residenzmus.), and he seems even to have completed some pieces started by jean-pierre latz (e.g. pair of corner cupboards...
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18th Century and Earlier French Antique Louis XV Decorative Objects
Unusual Colored Marble and Gilded Bronze Single Candelabra
Located in Hudson, NY
This very unusual candelabra made in France combines the elegance of the Louis XV period with the modernism so prevalent in France at the time. Constructed of a colored marble spher...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Decorative Objects
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Marble, Ormolu
Nice Pair of 1860's Girandoles in Gilded Bronze with Crystal Pendants
Located in Paris, FR
Two girandoles in gilded bronze with crystal pendants on a round "red griotte" marble base, representing a nymph and a satyr in a very young age.
Very fine work in the style of the...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Decorative Objects
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Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of Monumental Crystal, Rock Crystal and Brass Candelabras. Great Scale
Located in Buchanan, MI
Spectacular pair of monumental crystal, rock crystal and brass candelabra. Electrified. Great Scale And Proportions.
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Decorative Objects
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Crystal, Rock Crystal, Brass
Pair of Large French Gilt Bronze and Patinated Vase Form Candelabras
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Pair of large Antique French Gilt Bronze & Patinated Vase Form Candelabras.
Each with a vase form shaped body with central relief under a 12 branch candelabrum. Standing on a tr...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Decorative Objects
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Bronze
Pair of French White Carrara Marble and Gilt Candelabra, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
A good pair of candelabra in the Louis XVI manner.
Constructed in Carrara marble and gilt bronze; the square stepped bases having incurved angles, and supporting bronze socles dre...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Decorative Objects
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Marble, Ormolu
19th Century French Bust of Queen Marie Leczinska after Versailles Original
By Coustou
Located in New York, NY
French Sevres biscuit porcelain bust after Versailles original signed "1703-1768 Coustou." The bust portrays King Louis XV's Queen consort Mar...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Decorative Objects
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Gold Leaf
Pair of French Louis XVI Style Bronze Figural Six Lght Candelabra
Located in Montreal, QC
This imposing pair of bronze figural six-light candelabra, one modelled as a putto, the other as a satyr, is in the manner of Clodion. Each is mounted on fluted and garlanded column...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Decorative Objects
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Bronze
Vintage Louis XV Repousse Bronze Oval Jardinière Center Piece with Zinc Liner
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant bronze jardinière with repousse motifs was created in Italy, circa 1990. The oblong vintage planter dressed with side handles, sits on small curved feet decorated with acanthus leaf motifs, over a scalloped apron embellished with shell and floral decor; it is further decorated with a large shell motif in high relief in the center. The oval bombe planter is further dressed with the original removable zinc liner. The Louis XV style jardiniere...
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Late 20th Century Italian Louis XV Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Zinc
Pair of Ravinet d'Enfert Louis XV Style Ormolu Candelabra, Early 20th C
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of D’Ore Bronze four light candelabra with incredible acanthus leaf ormolu. Each candle holder is finished with a decorative bobeche. Heavy, and as the name reflects, very well ...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Decorative Objects
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Bronze, Gold Leaf
Antique French Sevres Porcelain Floral Enamel Decorated Vase C. 1770
Located in Atlanta, GA
Sevres (French, founded 1756), marked for 1770.
An antique French porcelain urn or vase decorated with a green porcelain base, white ground windows featuring heavy floral decorations and separated by fine gold bead work. The top with gold swag motifs and linear scalloping encompassing the entire piece. The bottom marked for Sevres 1770.
Provenance: From the Estate of a prominent Concord MA...
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18th Century French Antique Louis XV Decorative Objects
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Enamel
Large Louis XV Antique French Gilt Bronze Clock
By Louis Japy
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A large and impressive original antique French clock by Louis Japy. It is beautifully made in gilded bronze in the Louis XV style. Waisted case with a fretted front to allow a glimps...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Decorative Objects
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Bronze
French Louis XV Gilt Bronze Figural Caryatid & Foliate 7-Light Candelabra C1870
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique French Louis XV Gilt Cast Bronze Figural Caryatid & Foliate Seven-Light Candelabra C1870
Measures- 26.75''H x 13''W x 13''D
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Decorative Objects
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Bronze
Pair of Large Gilt Bronze Candelabra, Louis XV Style, 19th Century.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of large ormolu candelabra, Louis XV style, 19th century.
Pair of Rocaille style Candelabras, Louis XV, 19th century in chased and gilt b...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Decorative Objects
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Bronze
Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze and Crystal Bowl, Napoleon III Period.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Louis XV style gilt bronze and crystal bowl, Napoleon III period.
A Napoleon III period gilt bronze and crystal bowl in the Louis XV style.
h: 14cm, w: 44cm, d: 23.5cm
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Decorative Objects
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Crystal, Bronze
Pair of 19th Century Gilt Bronze Candelabra.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of 19th century gilt bronze candelabra.
A pair of Rocaille style candelabra, Louis XV, Napoleon III period, 19th century, with four chased and gilt bronze arms.
H: 45cm, W: 30c...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Ormolu and Sevres Porcelain Antique French Clock by Achille Brocot
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A magnificent ormolu (finely gilded bronze) and Sèvres style porcelain clock by renown maker Achille Brocot. It is mounted with delicately painted Sèvres style porcelain with a pompadour rose pink ground. The urn to the top features Marie Leczinska, Queen of France and wife of Louis XV. To the sides are portraits of his mistresses, Madame du Barry and Madame de Pompadour, delicately painted on porcelain orbs...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Decorative Objects
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Ormolu
19th Century Painted and Gilt Bronze Bracket Clock in the Louis XV Style
Located in New York, NY
Large, antique French bracket clock in the Louis XV style with wooden case featuring finely painted floral designs and goose and hound at the b...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Decorative Objects
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Bronze
Parisian Louis XV Head on Mount
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Parisian Louis XV Hercules Mounted Resin Head
Fitted with wooden spindle Mount
Sourced from Paris by Martyn Lawrence Bullard
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21st Century and Contemporary French Louis XV Decorative Objects
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Resin
Mid-Century French Louis XV Hand Painted Faience Cache Pot from Rouen
By Rouen
Located in Dallas, TX
Crafted in Rouen, France circa 1940, the antique ceramic planter sits on escargot feet over a scalloped apron. The round planter dressed with elegant side leaf form handles, features...
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Decorative Objects
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Ceramic, Faience
Antique French 2 Piece Blue Opaline and Bronze Ormolu Perfume Bottle
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions- H: 6 1/2in W: 6in D: 6in
This French Turn of the Century blue opaline and bronze ormolu 2 piece perfume bottle is made of the highest quality! If you look closely at th...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
18th Century Louis XV Mahogany Grandfather Clock signed Paulus Bramer 1750
By Paulus Bramer
Located in Roma, RM
A rare and Superb Grandfather clock - Netherlands, Amsterdam, signed PAULUS BRAMER (ca. 1730-1760)
Walnut case inlaid with fruitwood floral motifs, upper part painted with mythologic...
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1750s Dutch Antique Louis XV Decorative Objects
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Mahogany
Fine Pair of Louis XV Style Marble Ewers by Paul Sormani
By Paul Sormani
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine pair of Louis XV Style gilt-bronze mounted marble Ewers, by Paul Sormani.
Each ewer stamped to the underside ‘P.S.’ for Paul Sormani.
Each e...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Decorative Objects
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Marble, Bronze
Pair of Ormolu Louis XV Rocaille Candlesticks
By Henry Dasson
Located in BARSAC, FR
Pair Of Louis XV Rocaille Style candlesticks in very finely chiseled gilt bronze decorated with scrolls, scrolls and flowers.
19th century Parisian wo...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Louis XV Decorative Objects
Materials
Ormolu
Louis XV Style Porcelain Clock Attributed Samson & Cie, France, circa 1880
By Samson & Cie
Located in PARIS, FR
Charming polychrome porcelain, green lacquered metal sheet and chiseled gilt bronze Louis XV style clock attributed to Samson & Cie. A gilt bronze bush, decorated with small porcelain flowers and metal sheet foliage, supports the circular face, with Arabic numbers for hours. Rests on a gilt bronze foliage base decorated with a porcelain family scene composed of two parents playing and embracing their child.
This type of clock first appears during the reign of Louis XV. The importation of exotic goods and the opening of the Turkish Embassy, in Paris in 1721, considerably influenced Louis XV style, with the apparition of exotics characters, scenes and animals ornamenting...
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1880s French Antique Louis XV Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Pair of 19th Century Gilt Bronze French Chenets
Located in Dallas, TX
This is a stunning pair of French fireplace bronze doré chenets from the 1800’s. Each chenet has a putto standing on a large cluster of curled acanthus leaves. Beneath the leaves are thick bases with cavetto molding adorned with a series of C-scrolls. Grapevines and wheat husks emanate upwards from the leaves, giving the chenets some additional height. One of the putti is pulling a grapevine over his shoulder, while the other one has a sickle in his hand.
French chenets...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Louis XV Decorative Objects
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Bronze
Large Antique French Louis XV Ormolu Rococo Candelabra After Meissonnier
By Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A magnificent pair of antique French candelabra in the manner of Juste Aurele Meissonier (Italian, 1695-1750). Beautifully formed as acanthus wrapped stems, with swirling acanthus ar...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Decorative Objects
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Ormolu
French Ormolu Cartel Clock, 19th Century by H&F Paris
By Cartel
Located in Cypress, CA
Magnificent quality 19th century French Louis XV style ormolu cartel clock with a mechanism signed by H&F Paris.
The intricate ormolu body of the cartel clock is beautifully deco...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Decorative Objects
Materials
Ormolu, Enamel
Pair of French Ormolu and Porcelain Covered Urn Lamps, 19th Century
Located in Cypress, CA
Beautiful 19th century pair of French gilt bronze and porcelain covered urns mounted to lamps. Rich blue porcelain urn portraying several playful cupid scenes flanked by ormolu masks...
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19th Century French Antique Louis XV Decorative Objects
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Ormolu
Chased Gilt Bronze Rocaille Louis XV Cartel by Viger, Case Attributed to Osmond
By François Viger
Located in Paris, FR
François Viger, reçu maître horloger reçu maître en 1744
Case Attributed to Robert Osmond (1711-1789),
reçu maître fondeur en janvier 1746
Im...
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1750s French Antique Louis XV Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Louis Xv decorative objects for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Louis XV decorative objects for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage decorative objects created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, lighting, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, bronze and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Louis XV decorative objects made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, and Italy pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original decorative objects, popular names associated with this style include Gherardo Degli Albizzi, Christofle, Meissen Porcelain, and Tiffany & Co.. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for decorative objects differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $151 and tops out at $845,000 while the average work can sell for $5,681.
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